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China in Africa: Mandarin Translation of the Week

On July 18^th, the first Chinese newspaper was launched in the capital city of Zambia – Lusaka.  The purpose of publishing this newspaper is to further promote the development of Chinese enterprises in Zambia and Africa, and to rich overseas Chinese lives.

Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Zhou Yuxiao and his wife Wu Jihong, Chinese Embassy Chief Counselor Liu Zhengjie, Business Counselor Chai Zhijing and representatives from other Chinese business councils attended the launching ceremony.  Zambia state television station reported this event on-site.

“中新网7月22日电 为进一步推动华人企业在赞比亚乃至非洲的发展，丰富华侨华人生活。经过几个月的筹划及在赞比亚华侨华人和社团的大力支持下，赞比亚首份中文报纸——非洲《华侨周报》于7月18日晚在赞比亚首都卢萨卡举行发行仪式。

中国驻赞比亚大使周欲晓及夫人吴继红参赞、中国驻赞比亚大使馆政务参赞刘征杰、商务参赞柴之京及赞中华商会、江西同乡会、赞比亚中国和平统一促进会等华人社团，中资机构代表、赞政府代表、知名华侨华人、当地商界代表等100多人出席了活动。赞比亚国家电视台等新闻机构进行了现场采访报道。”

This article has been translated from Mandarin. Click here to read the original version on Chinanews.com

Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Zhou Yuxiao congratulates “The Overseas Weekly”.  Ambassador Zhou says since “The Overseas Weekly” was founded four year ago, it holds a high sense of responsibilities and missions, fully utilizes the local Chinese-language media advantage, committed to reporting news, providing economic and trade information, promote Chinese culture, and transfer Chinese voice.  This newspaper has become a method to service the overseas, and to increase China-Africa communication.  It has also gained favor from the local Chinese people.

In order to increase the popularity of “The Overseas Weekly” in Africa within the Chinese community in Zambia, the newspaper hired famous and well-known oversea Chinese to be the consultant.  They also invited Chinese Embassay Liu Zhengjie and Chai Zhijing to issue the certificates to these consultants.

“This Overseas Weekly” in Africa was founded in 2009, headquarter is in the Republic of Botswana in Southern Africa.  This newspaper is a comprehensive Chinese-language newspaper.  Newspaper content concerns Chinese and overseas Chinese living in Africa news, overseas Chinese history records, response local community hot current affairs and social developments, providing information for Chinese information in a timely manner.  The newspaper also contains Chinese, International, cultural, sports, social, and traveling news.  Its mission is to pass on Chinese culture, concerned local community, the Chinese community service, promote the development of Chinese and China-Africa friendship.

Article translated by Yixian Fan, Scholar Intern for the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States at the Wilson Center